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HMRC investigating tax affairs of one of Tory partyas largest donors
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2023 17:23:26 GMT
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Exclusive: Inquiry into tax affairs of JCB boss Anthony Bamford calls into question whether Tories should accept funds from peer

One of the Conservative partyas biggest and most influential donors, Anthony Bamford, is under investigation over his tax affairs, the Guardian can disclose.

The broad-ranging inquiry by HMRC calls into question whether the Tories should accept funds from the peer in the run-up to the general election.

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GB News suspends Dan Wootton after Laurence Foxas remarks on show
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2023 17:38:26 GMT
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Broadcaster says it is conducting full investigation after also suspending Fox

GB News has suspended the presenters Dan Wootton and Laurence Fox as the channel struggles to contain the fallout after misogynistic comments made on Woottonas show.

The rightwing news channel said on Wednesday: aGB News has suspended Dan Wootton following comments made on his programme by Laurence Fox last night. This follows our decision earlier today to formally suspend Mr Fox. We are conducting a full investigation.a

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Criminal gangs in UK sending recruits to train as prison officers, union warns
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2023 16:00:02 GMT
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Exclusive: POA says corrupt officers are then used for sole purpose of smuggling in drugs and phones

Organised crime groups are sending associates to train as prison officers with the asole purposea of smuggling drugs and phones into jail, the Prison Officersa Association has warned.

The POA, the union representing prison workers, blamed low pay and said online interviews were also contributing to the prison service ahiring the wrong peoplea.

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A newt point: Boris Johnsonas pool gets go-ahead after wildlife concerns
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2023 17:06:46 GMT
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South Oxfordshire council gives green light to ex-PMas swimming plans, as long as he mitigates risk to protected species

Heas been ousted from the job he had spent a lifetime yearning for and left parliament under a cloud in June, yet Boris Johnson can finally savour some good news.

In a move paving the way for a post-Downing Street life befitting a former prime minister, Johnson has been given permission to construct a swimming pool at his Oxfordshire home. But the green light from South Oxfordshire district council comes with the proviso that steps should be taken to mitigate the risks the development might pose to nearby newts.

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Girl, 15, stabbed to death in Croydon, south London
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2023 17:49:30 GMT
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Police say teenage boy has been arrested in connection with the rush-hour stabbing

A 15-year-old girl has been stabbed to death on a busy street in south London during the morning rush hour.

The girl was pronounced dead at the scene in Wellesley Road at about 9.20am on Wednesday in front of horrified onlookers.

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Black athlete recounts atraumatica police stops at officersa misconduct tribunal
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2023 14:39:06 GMT
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Ricardo dos Santos tells lawyers they cannot understand what it is like being a young black person in London

An athlete who was pulled over while driving home from training with his partner and baby has clashed with lawyers representing the police officers who stopped him, saying they cannot understand what it is like being a young black person in London.

Ricardo dos Santos, who represents Portugal, was with his partner, the Team GB athlete Bianca Williams, who was in the back with their son, when they were stopped by Met officers who handcuffed the couple, searched them for weapons and drugs and detained them for 45 minutes in July 2020.

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First evidence of spinning black hole detected by scientists
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2023 17:31:04 GMT
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Region at centre of Messier 87 galaxy captured by the Event Horizon Telescope in motion

Astronomers have captured the first direct evidence of a black hole spinning, providing new insights into the universeas most enigmatic objects.

The observations focus on the supermassive black hole at the centre of the neighbouring Messier 87 galaxy, whose shadow was imaged by the Event Horizon Telescope. Like many supermassive black holes, M87 features powerful jets that are launched from the poles at close to the speed of light into intergalactic space.

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One in six species at risk of extinction in Great Britain, say wildlife experts
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2023 18:00:05 GMT
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State of Nature report paints bleak picture of wildlife in UK but says conservation methods are yielding results

One in six species is at risk of being lost in Great Britain, according to a comprehensive analysis by leading wildlife scientists.

Bird species had the most worrying results in the report, with 43% at risk of extinction, but other much loved species such as turtle dove, hazel dormouse, ladyas slipper orchid and european eel also now face an uncertain future. The report argues that this is largely a result of human activities such as causing habitat loss, accelerating diseases such as avian flu via factory farming, and burning fossil fuels, which has altered the climate.

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Trump real estate empire under threat after fraud ruling; Senate leader urges House to pass funding bill a US politics live
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2023 19:58:39 GMT
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Even a short shutdown would jeopardize the work of potentially thousands of air traffic controllers and other key employees, secretary Buttigieg says

US soldier Travis King, who fled to North Korea in July, is in American custody after being expelled by Pyongyang into China, according to US officials.

North Koreaas KCNA state news agency said King had been expelled after he confessed to illegally entering the country. It said the soldier harboured ill feelings over inhumane treatment and racial discrimination within the US army.

This is genuinely new a I donat think itas ever happened before, a president on a picket line. Candidates do it frequently and prominent senators, but not a president.

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Meta to launch AI chatbots played by Snoop Dogg and Kendall Jenner
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2023 19:40:36 GMT
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Host of celebrities to embody new assistants aimed at increasing young peopleas interaction with AI

Meta is to launch artificial intelligence chatbots embodied by celebrities including Snoop Dogg, Kendall Jenner and Naomi Osaka.

Mark Zuckerberg made the announcement at the companyas annual Connect conference, where he spoke about new AI products at Facebookas parent company.

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Ukraine urges Uefa to reconsider Russia decision and will boycott tournaments
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2023 13:08:53 GMT
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  • UAF condemns Uefaas plans to readmit Russia under-17 teams
  • England and Poland say they will also not play against Russia

Ukraine has said it will not play in tournaments involving Russian teams after Uefa announced plans to reinstate Russiaas under-17 sides to European competitions.

In a statement the Ukrainian Association of Football (UAF) urged Uefa to reconsider its decision and urged other countries not to play against Russian teams.

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Revealed: Europeas role in the making of Russia killer drones
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2023 18:19:11 GMT
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Exclusive: Kyiv says Iranian drones used by Russia in Ukraine have various European components

Iranian kamikaze drones used in the latest attacks on Ukrainian cities are filled with European components, according to a secret document sent by Kyiv to its western allies in which it appeals for long-range missiles to attack production sites in Russia, Iran and Syria.

In a 47-page document submitted by Ukraineas government to the G7 governments in August, it is claimed there were more than 600 raids on cities using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) containing western technology in the previous three months.

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Russia reminds Hillary Clinton of her own gaffe in response to dig at Putin
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2023 13:34:50 GMT
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Speaking of Ukraine war, Clinton said atoo bad Vladimir, you brought it on yourselfa, to which Kremlin pointed out 2009 mistake

Hillary Clinton needled Vladimir Putin over Nato enlargement as she returned to the state department for the unveiling of her official portrait on Tuesday night.

By early Wednesday morning, the Kremlin had fired back, reminding Clinton of an old gaffe about US-Russian relations.

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Subway schooling: the Ukrainian children taking class in metro stations
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2023 08:00:52 GMT
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Covid then the invasion meant Kharkiv could offer little in-person education. Now a scheme brings it deep underground

In a cheerfully decorated classroom in Kharkiv, 30km (19 miles) from the Russian border, a screen behind the teacher proclaimed the date to be a21 September: international day of peacea.

The childrenas day had begun far from peacefully: just after 5.30am, the air raid sirens sounded and six Russian S300 surface-to-air missiles hit the eastern Ukrainian city.

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aNo one wants to lose their homea: London renters shocked at order to raze their flats
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2023 17:24:36 GMT
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Mast Quay II tenants may need to find new homes after Greenwich ordered demolition of tower complex

Renters at a cluster of new Thameside apartment complex expressed shock on Wednesday after the Royal Borough of Greenwich ordered the aunprecedenteda demolition of 204 homes over what it said were a series of planning breaches.

Many residents at the Mast Quay Phase II development in Woolwich first learned the news from journalists after the local authority announced on Monday that the developer, Comer Homes Group, must raze the buildings because of 26 major deviations from the original planning consent. It only opened last year in a borough with a social housing waiting list of more than 20,000 households. The council says the renters may need to find new homes.

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aIt was like Blade Runner meets Berlin ravea: the Manchester sink estate with the UKas wildest nightclub
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2023 15:00:03 GMT
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Hulme Crescents was Europeas biggest housing estate, and soon deemed its worst. But a vibrant squatter community moved in a along with Mick Hucknall a to make a countercultural mecca

aHulme was a failed utopian dream on a council estate,a says the DJ Luke Una. aA city within a city. Like nowhere else Iave ever seen.a

Una lived in Manchesteras Hulme Crescents in the late 80s and early 90s. Constructed in 1972, the vast brutalist estate was the largest public housing development in Europe and could house up to 13,000 people. Intended as a futuristic blueprint for social housing, design and safety flaws became apparent within two years. In 1974, a child died falling from one of the easily climbable balconies. Cockroaches were plentiful, the heating system unaffordable, and residents were soon petitioning to be re-housed.

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I have 30 yearsa experience as a prison officer and feel the fear every single day
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2023 16:00:02 GMT
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Prisoners are bigger due to steroids. Spice turns inmates into zombies. And with social media they might know where we live

Working in a prison is like going through a meat grinder. You come out at the end of a shift with your head feeling completely mashed. One of the first incidents I remember is a prisoner sitting in his cell cutting his arm because he wanted me to get him a cigarette. He knew exactly what to do without putting his life at risk.

Things in prisons have changed a lot since then. Prisoners are much bigger than they were 30 years ago due to use of steroids inside. And they are more likely to be in gangs.

In the UK and Ireland, Samaritans can be contacted on freephone 116 123, or email jo@samaritans.org or jo@samaritans.ie. In the US, you can call or text the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline on 988, chat on 988lifeline.org, or text HOME to 741741 to connect with a crisis counselor. In Australia, the crisis support service Lifeline is 13 11 14. Other international helplines can be found at befrienders.org

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Akyaaba Addai-Sebo: the shocking conversation that led him to start UK Black History Month
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2023 13:19:04 GMT
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In the mid-1980s he invited Angela Davis, Winnie Mandela, Jesse Jackson and Ray Charles to talk to communities across the country. Thus began an enormous, ongoing, consciousness-changing event

One morning in late 1985, Akyaaba Addai-Sebo walked into work and had a casual conversation with a colleague that would change the trajectory of British society. Then 35 years old, he was working at the Greater London Council (GLC) as a coordinator of special projects in the Ethnic Minorities Unit.

aElizabeth, the secretary of the principal race relations adviser Ansel Wong, came to work looking very downcast,a he recalls. aI asked her: aElizabeth, Whatas wrong?a She said: aLast night I was putting my son Marcus to bed and he asked, aWhy canat I be white?a As she told me the story, she was crying. aI named my son after Marcus Garvey,a Elizabeth told me, aAnd here he is, just six years old questioning his identity. Iave failed my son.aa

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aI didnat want to be Bubbly Bonnie Langford for evera a the star relives her career highs and lows
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2023 14:57:37 GMT
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In showbiz since the age of six, and still high-kicking at 59, the screen and stage sensation looks back on her biggest moments a from Cats to Doctor Who to the amadnessa of The Masked Dancer

She arrives on stage wearing butterfly wings, thrusts her crotch to the stab of a trumpet then jumps into splits to raucous applause. Bonnie Langford is 59, but she still has the energy and high kicks she had when she was dancing all over TV screens and West End stages in the 1980s.

The sexy butterfly number is You Gotta Get a Gimmick from Gypsy, as seen in Stephen Sondheimas Old Friends, a tribute to the late composer staged last May (and on iPlayer). Langford is rehearsing for a new 16-week run of the show, alongside Broadway stars Bernadette Peters, Lea Salonga and a host of new cast members, directed by Matthew Bourne.

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Laurence Fox comments prompt rare climbdown by ahome of free speecha GB News
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2023 15:30:57 GMT
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Rightwing channel has ridden out dozens of controversies and built a fiercely loyal following

GB Newsa decision to suspend presenters Laurence Fox and Dan Wootton is a rare example of a channel that calls itself the ahome of free speecha backing down in the face of a backlash from critics and its own employees.

The news channel, which continues to grow its audience by promoting rightwing culture war talking points, has ridden out dozens of controversies during its two years on air, including anti-vaccine broadcasts, allusions to antisemitic conspiracy theories, and challenges to its policy of employing serving Tory MPs as presenters.

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Love is in the Air review a Delta Goodremas corny Netflix romcom is a saccharine mess
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2023 15:00:05 GMT
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Goodrem and Joshua Sasse lack chemistry as aopposites attracta lovers jetting around tropical Queensland

Love is in the Air marks Delta Goodremas first film role since the 2005 high school dramedy Hating Alison Ashley, in which she plays a Sandy Olsson-esque student with holier-than-thou vibes. Goodrem is more salt of the earth and more bloody Strayan as a seaplane pilot in Netflixas very corny and saccharine romance: a galumphing heffalump of a movie that is best a and perhaps only a enjoyed by devotees of the Sydney-born performer. Most audiences will emerge from this formulaic and hammily acted production feeling like theyave inhaled a block of cheese the size of a car battery.

Goodremas chirpy character Dana has Santa Claus-ish vibes, whizzing around communities off the coast of far-north Queensland to deliver parcels to people in need. I didnat believe she was a pilot any more than I believe a plump man in a red suit squeezes through chimneys every December. But the protagonist isnat the only implausible thing about this film: everything and everyone in it feels so very fake and contrived, as if beaming in from a bizarro synthetic world of simulated human emotions and Hallmark sentiment.

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$5,600 knickers: are these the worldas most expensive underpants?
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2023 13:24:35 GMT
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Made in wool and covered in sequins, this Miu Miu underwear will not only break the bank a it will also probably be really uncomfortable

Name: The worldas most expensive knickers.

Cost: $5,600 (about APS4,600).

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The Toriesa huge new oilfield is a moral obscenity a but Rosebank can still be stopped | Caroline Lucas
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2023 12:33:12 GMT
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Reliance on oil wonat slash our bills: this is a climate crime that will leave our economy more vulnerable

aThis is just the start,a said Rishi Sunak last week in his climate-wrecking speech from Downing Street. It certainly was just the start, because today, the government has sanctioned drilling in Rosebank, the biggest undeveloped oilfield in the North Sea.

This just 14 months after the UKas hottest day, in July 2022. In that same month, the high court ruled the governmentas net zero strategy unlawful, and ministers were ordered to redo their homework.

Caroline Lucas is the Green MP for Brighton Pavilion

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Have I found Britainas very worst traffic lights for pedestrians? | Adrian Chiles
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2023 15:25:56 GMT
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The wait for the green man at these lights is unbearably slow a and then you only have 10 seconds to race across the road. But I did get a nice reply from the council when I complained

I have mixed feelings about traffic lights. When they are green, I like them; on red, not so much. And the longer they stay on red, the more annoyed I get. That is if Iam in a car. If Iam on foot, my rage ratchets up with every second of red man.

I spend a lot of time in York. The walk into town from my mother-in-lawas house takes me across what I believe to be Britainas worst traffic lights for pedestrians. If you want to experience these lights for yourself, they are the ones near Micklegate, where Blossom Street intersects with Queen Street and Nunnery Lane. If they were operating like this in the ninth century, it is no wonder the Vikings were so ratty by the time they entered the city.

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I advised Starmer on his plan to astop the boatsa. This is why Labouras policy will work | Thom Brooks
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2023 13:00:05 GMT
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The Toriesa tactics are failing as asylum seekers continue to risk their lives in huge numbers. Our solution will address that

The prime ministeras pledge to astop the boatsa has become an easy target for ridicule. Small boats continue to cross the English Channel in near record numbers. More than 20,000 people have arrived on Britainas shores this year, with up to 500 people (sometimes more) arriving on any given day. In fact, the only boat that has been stopped is the Bibby Stockholm barge, commissioned to house asylum seekers, after legionella was found in its water system a a perfect symbol for the disastrous handling of this crisis.

It couldnat be clearer that the governmentas plans arenat working. Only weeks after saying the Illegal Immigration Act will stop the boats, the home secretary, Suella Braverman, claimed yesterday that the United Nations refugee convention needs to be rewritten for the asylum system to work.

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Ella Baron on the UKas decision to go ahead with the Rosebank oil field a cartoon
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2023 17:03:38 GMT
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What were NFTs? An understandable internet fad, and the next one is just around the corner | Joel Golby
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2023 09:30:00 GMT
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We only loved non-fungible tokens a now all but worthless a during a pandemic peak of online loneliness. What will the next craze look like?

With last weekas report that 95% of them are now worthless, I think itas just about safe to say that the NFT moment is finally over. Phew. There really was a six-week period at the start of last year when I thought I was going to have to attach my digital soul for ever to a really bad picture of a monkey with a tentacle coming out of its nose and mouth. I kept practising saying, aNo, itas actually quite cool! Itas good. And it only cost me about as much as a car!a in the mirror a lot, with a ghoulish rictus grin.

NFT, as was probably explained to you hundreds of times in the period from January 2021 to about May 2022, stands for anon-fungible tokena, and essentially means that you can buy a code that says you own a digital asset, which is then stored on the blockchain, a sort of centralised public transaction ledger. There was a lot of hyped future uses for this technology, but for the most part it was used to buy jpegs of monkeys, or maybe sometimes a lion.

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Met police firearms officers are right to pick up their guns and return to work. They canat have prestige without risks | Leroy Logan
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2023 08:00:53 GMT
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The protest over the charging of a marksman in the Chris Kaba case was damaging to British policing

There were many reactions this week when the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) made known its decision to charge a police firearms officer with the murder of Chris Kaba a year ago. Mine was: why has it taken so long?

I was thinking of the pain and suffering the family had gone through waiting for the decision. And about the officer, and the anxiety he must have gone through waiting for a disproportionate amount of time to see what would happen next. I knew there would be an outcry by his colleagues in the various armed response units across the Met. That was right.

Leroy Logan is a former superintendent in the Metropolitan police and a former chair of the Black Police Association. He is the author of Closing Ranks: My Life As a Cop

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German politics has a built-in firewall against the far right. Itas beginning to crack | John Kampfner
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2023 06:00:50 GMT
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Germany is more resilient to populism than its neighbours. But parties such as Alternative fA1/4r Deutschland are testing it to the limit

The Germans have a term for what holds them together: Wehrhafte Demokratie. It roughly translates as fortified democracy, but that does not fully render its meaning. In essence, it refers to the idea that the state has the right to act against those who threaten the liberal democratic order.

Another guarantor of German stability was the postwar constitutional settlement that founded three Volksparteien, big-tent acitizensa partiesa operating along carefully regulated parameters, encompassing centre-left, centre and centre-right. None would enjoy absolute power, which required coalitions, compromise and consensus at national and regional levels. As a further safety net, parties with less than 5% of the vote couldnat join parliament, excluding fringe groups.

John Kampfner is the author of In Search of Berlin, published by Atlantic Books on 5 October.

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Trudi Warner reveals the dark secret of English courts: juries do have the right to follow their consciences | Richard Vogler
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2023 05:00:49 GMT
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The solicitor general taking action against a climate protester who held up a sign outside court raises a vital issue for criminal justice

George Orwell noticed the tendency of repressive law to degenerate into farce, when truth becomes a lie and common sense is heresy. This is worth remembering now that the solicitor general, Michael Tomlinson KC, has concluded that it is right to take action against a climate campaigner, Trudi Warner, for holding up a sign outside a criminal court, simply proclaiming one of the fundamental principles of the common law: the right of a jury to decide a case according to its conscience.

Presumably he will be taking the same action against those responsible for maintaining the fabric of the Old Bailey, where a historic plaque is proudly displayed celebrating the acourage and endurancea of the jury that first established this right by acquitting William Penn in Bushelas case in 1670.

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The Guardian view on the Rosebank oilfield: a symbol of Sunakas cynicism | Editorial
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2023 17:44:21 GMT
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The PM continues to play politics with the climate emergency. The dismal consequences will long outlast his time in office

On Tuesday, the head of the International Energy Agency (IEA) pleaded with governments to up the pace in reducing the worldas dependence on oil and gas. A astrong signal to energy marketsa was needed, said Fatih Birol a one which indicated that governments are taking the climate seriously. Wealthy countries, he added, having disproportionately contributed to historical carbon emissions, bear a special responsibility as the climate begins to change at afrightening speeda.

On Wednesday Britain certainly sent out a signal. But it was hardly the one the IEA would have hoped for. Instead, the green light was given for the exploitation of the United Kingdomas largest untapped oilfield. The Rosebank project in the North Sea has the potential to deliver 500m barrels of oil, which, when burned, would emit the same amount of carbon dioxide as the running of 56 coal-fired power stations for a year. Tax incentives offered to the Norwegian energy company Equinor will effectively subsidise a development certain to undermine the countryas credibility in future climate negotiations.

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The Guardian view on disappearances in China: silence sends a sinister message | Editorial
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2023 17:42:33 GMT
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Several senior officials have conspicuously vanished. But it is ordinary people, especially Uyghurs, who are most vulnerable

In 1971, Lin Biao, hailed by China as Mao Zedongas successor, fell from grace, fled the country and was killed in an aircrash in Mongolia. Despite his prominence, it was weeks before the public was told of his death, and months before any explanation was offered. The recent spate of disappearances from Chinaas top echelons is hardly as seismic. They have happened in calmer political waters, far from the Cultural Revolutionas turmoil. But they speak to the way that politics still operates in Beijing. The glaring absences of senior officials are eventually followed by a belated narrative of their downfall in the rumour mill and then state media.

When Qin Gang, the foreign minister, vanished from public view in June, it was particularly conspicuous given his diplomatic role. It was almost a month before authorities confirmed that he had been removed from his post. A few weeks later, Chinaas defence minister, Li Shangfu, also failed to appear at scheduled meetings with foreign officials. Reuters has reported that he is being investigated over corruption in military procurement. The two most senior generals overseeing nuclear and conventional land-based missiles had already been replaced at the beginning of August. One was reportedly taken away by corruption investigators.

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Thereas no need for a British baccalaureate | Letters
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2023 15:35:54 GMT
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Readers respond to Rishi Sunakas plan for radical changes to the post-16 curriculum and qualifications

While Rishi Sunakas plans to reform post-16 education are welcome news (Rishi Sunakas planned A-levels revamp could include baccalaureate, 21 September), I canat help but feel that valuable resources could be saved by utilising a tried and tested education framework that students are already benefiting from. The international baccalaureate (IB) diploma enables students to study six subjects including mathematics, English and a foreign language until the age of 18, providing a broader and more rewarding syllabus compared with that of the UKas national curriculum.

The development of a aBritish baccalaureatea will be costly, and funding this new vision will be a concern to many, particularly for state-funded schools that are already overstretched. In the UK, the IB is often seen as only accessible to independent schools, but with some creative budgeting and timetable management, a comprehensive IB programme can be delivered by state schools. We have been offering the IB at the state-maintained Impington Village college for more than 30 years as we believe it places our students in the best position to succeed in the global workplace.

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The truth about Rupert Murdochas legacy | Letters
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2023 15:34:59 GMT
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Hero or villain? Opposing views of the media mogul, from Alex Singleton and Richard Ehrlich

Jane Martinson (Improve the world we live in, the departing Rupert Murdoch urged staff today. So why didnat he?, 21 September) asks if there is anyone who can honestly say that Rupert Murdoch improved the world around us. In fact, he made three vital contributions. First, by rescuing the Times newspapers he preserved media plurality. Second, by defeating the print unions, he enabled newspapers, including those on the left, to cut their overheads, giving them a better chance of surviving the transition to online. Finally, he widely expanded choice in television with Sky, which brought with it a respected news channel.

Far from creating a society where the powerful can adictate the wants and desires of peopleas livesa, Murdoch has always opposed the way monopolists try to limit us.
Alex Singleton
Reading, Berkshire

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Newcastle United v Manchester City: Carabao Cup third round a live
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2023 20:05:57 GMT
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  • All the latest from St Jamesa Park, 8pm BST kick-off
  • Follow all the third-round ties on our live scores page

1 min Peep peep! City kick off from left to right as we watch. Looks like their shape is 4-3-3 with Grealish and Bobb playing wide.

aNever mind mouth-moistening ties, Rob!a weeps Justin Kavanagh. aThe very first one on your list has just induced dreadful flashbacks to the 1977 League Cup final between Villa and Everton, that went on forever (well three games). As a young footie fan, I suffered through all these on the telly and (I think) one on the radio. And if memory serves, the ref even called the two captains together at one point to remind them to, you know, play a bit as the country was watching on. My mouth has now gone dry just thinking about it. By the end of it all, I couldnat even care who won or lost. I was a soccer cynic. The horror. The horror.a

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Walking riddle Brooks Koepka brings much-needed edge to Ryder Cup | Jonathan Liew
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2023 18:17:14 GMT
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While far from universally loved, the American is a guaranteed attention-grabber in a sport which finds itself in turmoil

Brooks Koepka doesnat like you. Perhaps Brooks Koepka doesnat strictly know you yet, but for a man of Koepkaas unbendable principles this point would be a mere formality. Perhaps at this early stage of your enmity it is more correct to say he disapproves of you. You are the autograph hunter hassling him after practice. You are the person who left the irritating comment on Instagram. You are the driver who cut him up on I-95. Maybe not you specifically, but someone like you. And letas be real, it probably will be you one day. Best give him a wide berth just to be safe.

You donat even need to interact directly with Koepka to get on his wrong side. Earlier this year he was at a Florida Panthers ice hockey game when he became exasperated at one of the home teamas defenders. aEkblad, you suck!a Koepka shouted from the stands in a video that was lighting up the internet within minutes. aFucking traffic cone!a

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Jorge Vilda under investigation as criminal court looks into Rubiales kiss
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2023 17:07:06 GMT
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  • Former Spain manager has been summoned to appear in court
  • Vilda appeared to back Luis Rubiales amid World Cup fallout

The former coach of Spainas womenas football team, Jorge Vilda, has been put under investigation as the countryas highest criminal court continues to look into Luis Rubialesas unsolicited kiss.

On Wednesday the court said that Vilda, who was sacked less than a month after La Roja won the World Cup, had been summoned to appear in court on 10 October. The statement did not detail why Vilda is being investigated.

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Liverpool MP calls on FA to put pressure on Uefaas Ceferin over 2022 final
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2023 17:41:14 GMT
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  • Ian Byrne: aCronyisma to blame for Champions League chaos
  • Ceferin appointed his best friend as Uefaas head of security

The Liverpool MP Ian Byrne has urged the Football Association to call for Aleksander Ceferin to aconsider his positiona as Uefa president due to mounting concerns about alleged cronyism and safety deficiencies following the near-disaster at the 2022 Champions League final.

Byrne, who was at the Stade de France in Paris to support Liverpool against Real Madrid, also called on the FA to seek the removal of Zeljko Pavlica, Uefaas head of safety and security. Thousands of supporters at the match suffered a failed safety management operation, hours of static queues, dangerous policing and attacks by local thugs. A review panel appointed by Uefa to inquire into the disaster made 21 recommendations for future improvement.

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On the Ryder Cup tee: Novak Djokovic, Gareth Bale and a YouTuber
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2023 15:50:44 GMT
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The All-Star match is a chance for golf to tap into its dedicated celebrity following and fansa insatiable thirst for content

Itas an immutable truth that inside every elite sportsman lives a frustrated professional golfer. While the rest of us dream about belting the winner in the Champions League final, clinching the menas singles at Wimbledon with a backhand down the line, or scoring the opening touchdown in the Super Bowl, the people who have actually been and done all those things seem, often as not, to simply want to spend a little more time out on the course fantasising about how many majors theyad have now if theyad only made different choices when they had the chance.

Wednesday at the Ryder Cup is All-Star day, an event designed, in the large part, to give the TV companies something to screen in the run-up. This yearas roster ran the full celebrity spectrum from A to Z. At one end, Novak Djokovic, the most successful male tennis player in history. And at the other Garrett Hilbert, who dwells at that awkward level of fame where the organisers felt unable to mention his name without immediately adding an explanation of who he is, what he does, and how many fans he has, as if it was the best way to cover the inevitable awkward pause.

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From Macario to bigger crowds: five things to look forward to as WSL starts | Moving the Goalposts
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2023 12:00:03 GMT
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With the new Womenas Super League season starting on Sunday, we are excited to see how the new signings fare and whether anyone can topple Chelsea

The football never stops, they say, and who can argue? On Sunday the Womenas Super League starts, just over a month since the World Cup final between England and Spain in Sydney. And in between we have had the Nations League and Champions League qualifiers.

There is a real concern about player welfare and managers have been given an almost impossible task to juggle the safety of their squad members with the desire to have the best possible season.

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Chelsea captain Reece James charged by FA for confronting referee after Villa loss
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2023 16:52:30 GMT
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  • Defender could be banned after approaching official in tunnel
  • James out of action since picking up injury on opening day

Reece James could be hit with a ban when he returns from injury after the Chelsea captain was charged by the Football Association with abusing a match official following his sideas defeat to Aston Villa last Sunday.

It is alleged that the incident occurred when James, who was ruled out of the game, confronted the referee, Jarred Gillett, in the Stamford Bridge tunnel after a fiery encounter against Villa. Chelsea were unhappy with Gillett after a VAR review resulted in Malo Gusto being sent off for a challenge on Lucas Digne with the score still locked at 0-0 at the start of the second half.

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Austria Salzburg refuse to play second fiddle to Red Bull 18 years after split
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2023 14:43:18 GMT
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Breakaway clubas fans have never forgiven Red Bull for their treatment and vented their feelings in the Austrian Cup

Before kick-off at the MGG Arena, south of Salzburg, a banner went up among the fans in violet and white. In block white capitals, it read: aFor you only success and money count, you characterless bull-swines!a As the smoke rising from the flares behind the home goal made the stands look like a cauldron, a deafening chorus of anti-Red Bull chants echoed around the ground. Austria Salzburg fansa pre-match tifo showed Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, the cityas most famous son, decked out in violet and white, bringing his instrument crashing down on the head of a bloated red bull. Underneath it, supporters displayed another banner, which read: aIn Salzburg, we play first violin.a

Austria Salzburg fansa animosity towards Red Bull can be traced back 18 years to the companyas takeover at the Stadion Wals-Siezenheim, now known as the Red Bull Arena, after which disillusioned supporters broke away and set up a phoenix club, which on Tuesday met Red Bull Salzburg for the first time. The origins of the feud made it hard not to view this as a clash between corporate power and fan power, cash and community, and two fundamentally different visions of the game.

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aItas fertile grounda: far right tries to muscle in on Franceas World Cup | RaphaA<
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2023 18:29:21 GMT
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Rugbyas spot in the limelight at a home World Cup comes with divisive attention from all sides of the political spectrum

Even when heas not playing, all eyes are on Antoine Dupont. With the France captain seemingly closing in on a freakishly rapid return to action after fracturing his cheekbone, the hostsa hopes for World Cup glory on home soil appear to be back on track. Les Bleusa star player has inevitably been the face of the competition, his growing renown attracting media attention from all sectors a some of it, though, has been very much unwelcome.

After the opening-night win over New Zealand, the far-right weekly magazine Valeurs Actuelles a which notably backed Aric Zemmouras presidential bid last year a ran a rugby-focused issue: aLa France Rugbya. The front page featured Dupont and actor Jean Dujardin, who starred in the opening ceremony, and read: aWell-behaved supporters, patriot players, exemplary values: the recipe for a well-rooted sport thatas a model to society.a

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Uruguay fight back to deny 14-man Namibia first ever Rugby World Cup win
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2023 19:26:47 GMT
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  • Pool A: Uruguay 36-26 Namibia
  • Des Sethie sent off as discipline costs outsiders

Uruguay secured their first win at this yearas Rugby World Cup, fighting back to beat Namibia 36-26 in their Pool A meeting in Lyon.

Namibia led 14-0 early on and 23-12 soon after half-time, but were punished for ill-discipline as their bid for a first-ever World Cup win fell short. Des Sethie saw his yellow card for a high tackle upgraded to a red, while Johan Coetzee and captain Tjiuee Uanivi were also sent to the sin bin.

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Girl, 11, among six young people taking on 32 nations in historic climate case
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2023 11:02:03 GMT
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Claimants say European countries are breaching their human rights by failing to take adequate action to tackle global heating

An 11-year-old girl from Portugal sat inside the grand chamber of the European court of human rights on Wednesday to face 86 lawyers from 32 nations in the worldas largest climate legal action.

Mariana Agostinho was alongside her brother and sister, and her cousins, two rows back from 17 human rights judges.

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Tory peer cleared for second time of breaking lobbying rules over PPE contracts
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2023 17:51:57 GMT
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Watchdog says there is insufficient evidence Lord Chadlington breached rules over APS50m in contracts

A Conservative peer has been cleared of breaking lobbying rules for a second time by the House of Lords watchdog over introducing a company that was awarded government PPE contracts worth APS50m.

The watchdog had been asked to reopen his investigation into Lord Chadlington after it emerged that there was an exchange with the government that had not been fully provided to his first inquiry.

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Pulling plug on HS2 awould be final nail in coffin for levelling upa
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2023 10:34:50 GMT
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Exclusive: Business leaders and politicians in north of England say scrapping high-speed rail link would threaten businesses and jobs

Abandoning high-speed rail in the north of England would be an aappalling dereliction of responsibilitya risking tens of thousands of jobs and athe final nail in the coffina for levelling up, political and business leaders have warned.

Rishi Sunak is considering scrapping the Birmingham to Manchester leg of HS2 despite a furious response from senior Conservatives and business chiefs.

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New nature reserve to act as agreen beating hearta for Norwich
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2023 18:00:05 GMT
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Sweet Briar Marshes has been created in heart of city with fewer public footpaths than any other in England and Wales

Hidden between a hectic ring road, a chemicals factory and housing estates are 36 hectares (90 acres) of aa green beating heart, pumping naturea into the surrounding city.

Traffic noise and sirens are muffled by ancient oaks, while late-season dragonflies sweep over hawthorns laden with blood-red haws as a kestrel hovers, head down, searching for field voles hiding in the tufty grasses.

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Glasgow gets go-ahead to open UKas first drug consumption room
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2023 16:17:58 GMT
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Cities across Scotland considering similar addiction schemes as plans approved for Hunter Street facility

Cities across Scotland are considering setting up their own safe injecting facilities after authorities in Glasgow gave the official go-ahead to the UKas first drug consumption room.

aAll eyes are on Glasgow,a said Allan Casey, Glasgow city councilas addictions convener, after the plans were approved on Wednesday morning by a joint committee of NHS and council officials.

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Storm Agnes brings 70mph gusts and heavy rain to Britain and Ireland
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2023 17:22:16 GMT
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Danger-to-life warning issued as first named storm of autumn damages buildings and disrupts travel

Gusts of 70mph were recorded as the first named storm of the autumn, Agnes, swept across Britain and Ireland, damaging buildings, causing travel delays and leaving homes without power.

The Met Office issued severe weather warnings covering much of the UK, where strong winds and heavy rain were expected on Wednesday evening and into Thursday.

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UK go-ahead for North Sea oil and gas field angers environmental groups
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2023 17:25:08 GMT
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Campaigners including Greta Thunberg had called for halt to Rosebank project involving Oslo-listed Equinor

Britain has given the go-ahead to develop the UKas biggest untapped oilfield off Shetland, sparking outrage from environmental campaigners.

The UK oil and gas regulatoras decision to grant the Oslo-listed Equinor and the British firm Ithaca Energy permission to develop the Rosebank oil and gas field in the North Sea was condemned by the Green party MP Caroline Lucas as athe greatest act of environmental vandalism in my lifetimea.

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London apartment block that deviates from plans must be torn down, says council
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2023 08:19:02 GMT
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aBlight on the landscapea in Greenwich lacks promised gardens, childrenas play areas and accessibility for wheelchair users

Buildings rarely look as good as the airbrushed architectsa visualisations produced to persuade planners to grant permission. Extra sharp highlights, implausibly blue skies and deeper colours are all part of the dark arts of the computer-generated rendering.

But the gulf between what was proposed for an apartment complex rising 23 storeys above the Thames in south-east London and what was actually built has finally proved too much.

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Coroner aconcerneda over lack of cold water immersion regulation after womanas death
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2023 14:35:09 GMT
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Kellie Pooleas heart stopped after entering 10.7C water in Derbyshire therapy session, inquest rules

A senior coroner has expressed concern about the lack of regulation of cold water immersion therapy, after ruling that a womanas death was as a result of an undiagnosed heart condition triggered by the water.

Kellie Poole, 39, died when her heart stopped shortly after entering the River Goyt in Whaley Bridge, Derbyshire, on 25 April 2022.

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CPS declined to charge undercover police officer who deceived woman into 19-year relationship
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2023 11:00:02 GMT
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  • Senior officers convened in 2013 to hear aunbelievably bada news about relationship
  • Prosecutors did not hear evidence from victim before deciding not to charge officer for misconduct
  • Woman not told true identity of man with whom she has a child until 2020, when they were engaged

The Crown Prosecution Service decided not to pursue charges against an undercover police officer who deceived a woman into a 19-year relationship without even hearing evidence from the victim in the case.

The CPS, which says its fundamental role is to support victims and protect the public, was informed in 2014 that an undercover officer at Avon and Somerset police had used his undercover identity to deceive the woman, who was innocent of any crime, into a long-term relationship.

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Meta pays APS149m to break lease on central London office building
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2023 12:07:39 GMT
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Landlord British Land says decision will knock earnings for six months to next March

Facebookas parent company, Meta, has paid APS149m to break its lease on a central London office building, in the latest sign of large corporates cutting back on workspace amid the post-pandemic boom in hybrid working.

The decision comes just two years after the tech firm committed to occupying the site owned and recently redeveloped by British Land at 1 Triton Square near Regentas Park.

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Trumpas business empire could collapse alike falling dominoesa after ruling
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2023 17:41:03 GMT
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Trump is effectively aout of businessa in New York, Michael Cohen says, after judge rules business fortune built on rampant fraud

Donald Trumpas real estate empire could collapse alike falling dominoesa, experts believe, following a New York judgeas ruling that the former presidentas business fortune was built on rampant fraud and blatant lies.

According to Michael Cohen, his former attorney and fixer, Trump is already effectively aout of businessa in New York after Judge Arthur Engoron on Tuesday rescinded the licenses of the Trump Organization and other companies owned by Trump and his adult sons, Eric and Don Jr.

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Trump real estate empire under threat after fraud ruling; Senate leader urges House to pass funding bill a US politics live
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2023 19:58:39 GMT
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Even a short shutdown would jeopardize the work of potentially thousands of air traffic controllers and other key employees, secretary Buttigieg says

US soldier Travis King, who fled to North Korea in July, is in American custody after being expelled by Pyongyang into China, according to US officials.

North Koreaas KCNA state news agency said King had been expelled after he confessed to illegally entering the country. It said the soldier harboured ill feelings over inhumane treatment and racial discrimination within the US army.

This is genuinely new a I donat think itas ever happened before, a president on a picket line. Candidates do it frequently and prominent senators, but not a president.

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aGenocide is happening before our eyesa: Armenian Americans push for US action against Azerbaijan
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2023 16:43:28 GMT
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Many say US failed to prevent crisis, which has left 120,000 ethnic Armenians in limbo as Azerbaijan moves to take control of Nagorno-Karabakh region

The night before the Republican presidential debate, hundreds of Armenian Americans demonstrated outside of the California debate location, calling on GOP candidates to speak out about what they called a current genocide happening in Nagorno-Karabakh.

Across southern California, which has one of the largest Armenian diaspora populations in the world, residents expressed heartbreak and anger over what they saw as the failure of the US and Europe to prevent the current crisis, which has left the futures of an estimated 120,000 ethnic Armenians in limbo as Azerbaijan moves to take full control of the Nagorno-Karabakh region.

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First evidence of spinning black hole detected by scientists
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2023 17:31:04 GMT
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Region at centre of Messier 87 galaxy captured by the Event Horizon Telescope in motion

Astronomers have captured the first direct evidence of a black hole spinning, providing new insights into the universeas most enigmatic objects.

The observations focus on the supermassive black hole at the centre of the neighbouring Messier 87 galaxy, whose shadow was imaged by the Event Horizon Telescope. Like many supermassive black holes, M87 features powerful jets that are launched from the poles at close to the speed of light into intergalactic space.

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Majority of Black Americans say they are depicted unfairly in news a study
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2023 17:12:39 GMT
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Two-thirds say news about Black people is more negative than news about other racial and ethnic groups, Pew survey finds

A majority of Black Americans say that their communities are unfairly depicted in news coverage, according to a sweeping new survey on Wednesday.

Nearly two-thirds of respondents observed that their community received more negative coverage than other racial and ethnic groups, the Pew Research Center survey found. Roughly four in 10 surveyed said that the media not only stereotyped Black people but also felt that they saw racist and racially insensitive coverage sometimes or fairly often.

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Chuck Schumer says he is adisturbeda by Bob Menendez bribery charges
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2023 19:10:49 GMT
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Senate majority leader says fellow Democrat has fallen away shorta of senatorial standards but stops short of calling for resignation

Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer said on Wednesday he was adisturbeda by the fraud indictment against his fellow Democratic Senator, Bob Menendez, and that the New Jersey lawmaker has fallen away shorta of senatorial standards.

Menendez pleaded not guilty earlier in the day to charges of taking bribes from three New Jersey businessmen, as calls for his resignation from his fellow Democrats escalated.

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US soldier who fled to North Korea in July back in US custody
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2023 18:53:24 GMT
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Travis King transferred across border to China, where he was handed to US embassy and will be returned home

Travis King, an American soldier who fled across the border from South Korea to North Korea in July, is back in US custody, officials said on Wednesday.

According to senior administration officials, King crossed the Chinese border on Wednesday, and Chinese authorities handed him to the US embassy, who then arranged for the army private to be flown to a US military base in the region.

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Scientists find antimatter is subject to gravity
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2023 16:31:50 GMT
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Tests at Cern refute suggestion that antigravity might apply to antimatter, showing instead it also falls downwards

Galileo put gravitational theory to the test by dropping balls from the Leaning Tower of Pisa. Four hundred years on, scientists have performed a higher tech version of the experiment to demonstrate for the first time that antimatter also falls downwards.

The study, by scientists at Cern, showed conclusively that gravity pulls antihydrogen downwards and that, at least for antimatter, antigravity does not exist.

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Russia reminds Hillary Clinton of her own gaffe in response to dig at Putin
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2023 13:34:50 GMT
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Speaking of Ukraine war, Clinton said atoo bad Vladimir, you brought it on yourselfa, to which Kremlin pointed out 2009 mistake

Hillary Clinton needled Vladimir Putin over Nato enlargement as she returned to the state department for the unveiling of her official portrait on Tuesday night.

By early Wednesday morning, the Kremlin had fired back, reminding Clinton of an old gaffe about US-Russian relations.

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Bankman-Fried asks judge for three suit jackets and slacks to wear at fraud trial
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2023 15:54:48 GMT
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Request also made for four dress shirts, three ties, one belt, four pairs of socks, two pairs of shoes and aappropriate undergarmentsa

Sam Bankman-Fried, the jailed former cryptocurrency billionaire known for his casual appearance, has asked a US judge for permission to dress up for his forthcoming fraud trial.

In a Tuesday night court filing, Bankman-Friedas lawyers asked a judge to order US marshals and Brooklyn jail officials to provide their client with three suit jackets and pairs of slacks to wear in the courtroom.

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aAlmost a troll of the legacya: Reaganas spirit looms over Republican debate
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2023 13:39:05 GMT
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Republican presidential debate is being held at the 40th presidentas library, but some say Reaganas party is no longer recognizable

Tourists posed for photos beside the presidential seal, peered inside the cockpit, studied the nuclear football and gazed at a desk where a aRonald Reagana jacket slung over the chair, page of handwritten notes and jelly bean jar made it appear as if the 40th US president could saunter back at any moment.

Air Force One is the star attraction at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum in Simi Valley, California. But on Wednesday it is competing for attention with a curving Starship Enterprise-style stage set featuring seven lecterns and microphones for the second Republican presidential primary debate.

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The abortion myths Republicans are recycling to reframe a losing issue
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2023 15:00:01 GMT
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Anti-abortion activists lost every referendum on the issue in 2022 and the right is scrambling to find a way to talk about a political hot potato

The post-Roe v Wade battle over abortion rights may just torpedo Republicansa shot at the White House next year, and they know it.

Anti-abortion activists lost every abortion-related voter referendum last year, while ire over the fall of Roe has been credited with boosting Democrats in the 2022 midterms. Now, Republicans in the presidential primary are scrambling to figure out how to talk about and legislate abortion.

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aOnce we win California, the nation is nexta: what a caste discrimination ban means for Americans
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2023 14:00:02 GMT
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State bill would address trauma by amending housing, labor and education codes to explicitly prohibit discrimination, leaders say

California could soon become the first state to ban discrimination on the basis of caste, propelling a growing civil rights movement to its biggest stage yet.

In recent years, efforts to ban caste discrimination have become increasingly widespread. Pending approval from Governor Gavin Newsom, the ban in California would follow the likes of Seattle and dozens of college campuses nationwide a including the 23-school California state university system a to explicitly define acastea and add it to a list of protected identities.

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aDifferent set of rulesa: how FTC head Lina Khan is fighting tech giants such as Amazon
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2023 11:43:06 GMT
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Youngest ever Federal Trade Commission chief and antitrust scholar is suing Amazon in latest effort to take on big tech a not always with success

Lina Khan has argued for years that the time has come to rein in some of the worldas largest tech companies. On Tuesday, she made one of her most high-profile moves when the agency she chairs, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), filed a sweeping antitrust lawsuit against Amazon.

Khan, 34, was appointed as chair of the FTC in 2021, becoming the youngest person in history and the most progressive in more than a decade to be appointed to the position.

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Is conventional wisdom not to give homeless people money wrong?
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2023 18:00:05 GMT
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Canadian researchers show unhoused people donat waste money on atemptation goodsa a and hope to alter public opinion

In 2002, the then San Francisco supervisor Gavin Newsom proposed legislation to cut welfare assistance to nearly 3,000 homeless people living in the city from $395 a month to $59 a month, and divert the budgetary savings toward shelters and other services. It was promoted with the name aCare Not Casha.

Newsomas campaign tied the unconditional payments to drug and alcohol abuse. As the San Francisco voteras guide spelled out: a[H]omeless people who are addicted to drugs or alcohol end up spending their welfare checks on their addictions instead of meeting their basic needs.a The framing worked. The measure passed with nearly 60% of the vote, and Newsom used the publicity to propel his political career to San Francisco mayor and, ultimately, California governor.

Newsomas framing was just a different iteration of an old message: it doesnat help to give poor people money. As that thinking goes, the unhoused, Ronald Reaganas awelfare queensa and those with substance abuse issues will just waste it.

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Farewell to groundbreaking Reservation Dogs: aNothing else out there like ita
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2023 16:09:02 GMT
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The acclaimed series, co-created by Taika Waititi, is ending after three seasons, leaving behind an important milestone for Indigenous representation

Reservation Dogs bids farewell with a funeral. Thatas the perfect note to go out on for the cheeky, uproarious and profoundly moving coming-of-age comedy about Indigenous teens in Oklahoma, which is streaming its final episode this week.

Anyone who has been following the celebrated Peabody-winning series since it debuted two years ago knows that a funeral can be a joyous occasion a a chance for the tight-knit community in the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, played by a sprawling and delightful ensemble cast, to gather and honour a life that isnat ending so much as discovering a new beginning. There is no sense of finality in Reservation Dogs, because those who pass become spirits, and those spirits tend to hang around, for the jokes and the vibes.

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$5,600 knickers: are these the worldas most expensive underpants?
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2023 13:24:35 GMT
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Made in wool and covered in sequins, this Miu Miu underwear will not only break the bank a it will also probably be really uncomfortable

Name: The worldas most expensive knickers.

Cost: $5,600 (about APS4,600).

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Our night in an igloo bed: Naomi Harrisas best photograph
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2023 14:07:47 GMT
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aWhen I told Americans I was Canadian, they used to say, aOh, do you live in an igloo?a So when I saw this hotel room in Edmonton, I knew we had to book ita

In the summer of 2011, thanks to a grant from Canada Council for the Arts, I spent four months driving from British Columbia to Newfoundland for what became my Oh Canada! project. Having moved from my native Toronto to New York in my mid-20s, Iad spent 14 years in the US, travelling more widely there than I ever had in the country of my birth. So this adventure was an opportunity to discover and photograph Canadians outside the big cities.

My dad tagged along for some of the trip, and I was joined by my mum for a couple of weeks. Neither of us had ever been to Alberta before. We went to a Star Trek festival, visited museums populated by stuffed gophers and creepy dolls, and explored a replica pioneer village. This picture was taken at the Fantasy Land hotel in West Edmonton Mall. People who grew up in Edmonton told me they would rent rooms there for birthday parties or prom nights. There were a lot of themed rooms, including one with an igloo-shaped bed. As soon as I saw that, I knew we had to book it.

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Olivia Rodrigo is scared of birds a and sheas not alone. Whatas behind this fear?
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2023 17:04:52 GMT
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Scarlett Johansson is also among the famous names who have whatas known as ornithophobia. But where did it begin?

aBirds are so foreign to us a thereas not one body part that looks like ours,a Olivia Rodrigo recently told Rolling Stone magazine with a straight face. The gen Z pop sensation went on: aEveryoneas all afraid about aliens and shit. Theyare like, aWhat are the aliens going to look like?a Iam like, aWe have birds on our planet, and weare not scared of them. Weare fine!aa

Rodrigo is not the only celebrity whose relationship with the avian community is strained. Lucille Ball saw some sparrows in the window on the day she found out her father had died. For the rest of her life, she stayed away from bird-printed art and decor.

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aNo one wants to lose their homea: London renters shocked at order to raze their flats
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2023 17:24:36 GMT
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Mast Quay II tenants may need to find new homes after Greenwich ordered demolition of tower complex

Renters at a cluster of new Thameside apartment complex expressed shock on Wednesday after the Royal Borough of Greenwich ordered the aunprecedenteda demolition of 204 homes over what it said were a series of planning breaches.

Many residents at the Mast Quay Phase II development in Woolwich first learned the news from journalists after the local authority announced on Monday that the developer, Comer Homes Group, must raze the buildings because of 26 major deviations from the original planning consent. It only opened last year in a borough with a social housing waiting list of more than 20,000 households. The council says the renters may need to find new homes.

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aIt was like Blade Runner meets Berlin ravea: the Manchester sink estate with the UKas wildest nightclub
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2023 15:00:03 GMT
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Hulme Crescents was Europeas biggest housing estate, and soon deemed its worst. But a vibrant squatter community moved in a along with Mick Hucknall a to make a countercultural mecca

aHulme was a failed utopian dream on a council estate,a says the DJ Luke Una. aA city within a city. Like nowhere else Iave ever seen.a

Una lived in Manchesteras Hulme Crescents in the late 80s and early 90s. Constructed in 1972, the vast brutalist estate was the largest public housing development in Europe and could house up to 13,000 people. Intended as a futuristic blueprint for social housing, design and safety flaws became apparent within two years. In 1974, a child died falling from one of the easily climbable balconies. Cockroaches were plentiful, the heating system unaffordable, and residents were soon petitioning to be re-housed.

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The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar review a Wes Andersonas star-stuffed Roald Dahl yarn
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2023 12:00:03 GMT
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At just 37 minutes, Ralph Fiennes, Benedict Cumberbatch, Ben Kingsley, Dev Patel and Richard Ayoade never get beyond the two-dimensional

Wes Andersonas new short for Netflix is a slight piece of amusement based on Roald Dahl; at 37 minutes long, its brevity perhaps exposes or even creates a flimsiness in his signature style that in a longer film would have more space to breathe and parade itself. And perhaps this could just as easily have been a full-length feature.

It is Andersonas second Dahl adaptation, after the animated Fantastic Mr Fox from 2009. This is not one of Dahlas famous childrenas tales, but instead from a 1977 collection intended for older teens: The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More, twisty stories halfway in tone between his young fiction and the cynical, macabre adult pieces with which he started out, and maybe the nearest Dahl came to YA. And yet thereas something gentle and almost anodyne in the denouement a atypical for both Dahl and Anderson.

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Revealed: Europeas role in the making of Russia killer drones
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2023 18:19:11 GMT
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Exclusive: Kyiv says Iranian drones used by Russia in Ukraine have various European components

Iranian kamikaze drones used in the latest attacks on Ukrainian cities are filled with European components, according to a secret document sent by Kyiv to its western allies in which it appeals for long-range missiles to attack production sites in Russia, Iran and Syria.

In a 47-page document submitted by Ukraineas government to the G7 governments in August, it is claimed there were more than 600 raids on cities using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) containing western technology in the previous three months.

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The Ukrainian experts dismantling bombs for clues to Putinas arms supply
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2023 04:00:48 GMT
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A century-old institute that used to focus on criminal cases is studying Russiaas weapons, and where parts are coming from

Oleksandr gently manoeuvred a piece of circuit board under the microscope, watching as the intricate network of chips and tiny wires was rendered in large on an adjacent screen.

Three shiny silver letters came into focus: aFSBa a a jumbo-size rendition of a tiny hologram sticker on the board, hardly visible to the naked eye, showing it had passed through the quality control procedure of the Russian security agency.

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Ukraine urges Uefa to reconsider Russia decision and will boycott tournaments
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2023 13:08:53 GMT
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  • UAF condemns Uefaas plans to readmit Russia under-17 teams
  • England and Poland say they will also not play against Russia

Ukraine has said it will not play in tournaments involving Russian teams after Uefa announced plans to reinstate Russiaas under-17 sides to European competitions.

In a statement the Ukrainian Association of Football (UAF) urged Uefa to reconsider its decision and urged other countries not to play against Russian teams.

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New York is breaking free of Airbnb's clutches. This is how the rest of the world can follow suit | Anna Minton
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2023 11:21:43 GMT
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The company is calling it a ade factoa ban a and it could reshape the housing market in residentsa favour

New York Cityas crackdown on Airbnb, which was enforced earlier this month, has been described as a ade facto bana by the company. The tough restrictions, designed to bring back thousands of rental properties to the housing market for city residents to live in, will be closely scrutinised by politicians in cities worldwide. Many argue that Airbnbas exponential growth a it is now valued at close to $100bn a is a key factor behind the soaring inflation in property prices and rents that is fuelling a global housing crisis. They will be hoping that interventions like New Yorkas will show them a way to take back cities across mainland Europe and the UK for people who actually live in them.

With more than 6m properties in 100,000 cities rented out through Airbnb, many politicians are beginning to recognise that the huge number of homes lost to short-term lets booked on digital platforms is inextricably linked to the housing crisis. It is further pushing up already unaffordable rents for people living in cities and in tourist areas with large numbers of second homes that are rented out.

Anna Minton is the author of Big Capital: Who is London for? and reader in architecture at the University of East London

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The Guardian view on disappearances in China: silence sends a sinister message | Editorial
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2023 17:42:33 GMT
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Several senior officials have conspicuously vanished. But it is ordinary people, especially Uyghurs, who are most vulnerable

In 1971, Lin Biao, hailed by China as Mao Zedongas successor, fell from grace, fled the country and was killed in an aircrash in Mongolia. Despite his prominence, it was weeks before the public was told of his death, and months before any explanation was offered. The recent spate of disappearances from Chinaas top echelons is hardly as seismic. They have happened in calmer political waters, far from the Cultural Revolutionas turmoil. But they speak to the way that politics still operates in Beijing. The glaring absences of senior officials are eventually followed by a belated narrative of their downfall in the rumour mill and then state media.

When Qin Gang, the foreign minister, vanished from public view in June, it was particularly conspicuous given his diplomatic role. It was almost a month before authorities confirmed that he had been removed from his post. A few weeks later, Chinaas defence minister, Li Shangfu, also failed to appear at scheduled meetings with foreign officials. Reuters has reported that he is being investigated over corruption in military procurement. The two most senior generals overseeing nuclear and conventional land-based missiles had already been replaced at the beginning of August. One was reportedly taken away by corruption investigators.

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A meat processer killed a 16-year-old. Yet US lawmakers want more child labor | Akin Olla
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2023 10:02:01 GMT
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Adult workers are demanding a fairer slice of corporate profits a so child labor is a way to increase and undercut the labor pool

This July the body of 16-year-old Duvan Tomas Perez abecame entangleda in meat processing machinery in Mississippi, according to a statement from Mar-Jac Poultry, the company where the boy was working. Perez was too young to be working there, according to Mar-Jac, which blamed an outside staffing company for failing to verify Perezas age and identity. Perez was not the first worker to die at the plant in recent years, and he was not the first 16-year-old to die at work in the US this summer.

American legislators should be working to crack down on child labor, here and abroad, but instead, politicians a including Democrats a in at least 11 states have introduced or passed bills that weaken child labor laws. At a time when adult workers are demanding a fairer slice of the increasingly behemoth pie of corporate profits, child labor is a capitalist work-around to increase the labor pool and lower the wages of all those who have to work for a living.

Iam embarrassed to be writing an anti-child labor article in the year 2023, as if this is some Charles Dickens novel leaking gruel and cruel men. It is not as if child labor had ever disappeared, of course; children around the world toil in fast-fashion sweatshops and among the mountains of garbage in other countries but produced by Silicon Valley. This is unfortunately where capitalism is heading, and has always been heading: children competing with their parents for jobs amid the ruins of societies we sacrificed for profit. But for awhile it seemed like child labor might have escaped the empire to live primarily in its colonial subjects.

Akin Olla is a contributing opinion writer at the Guardian US

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What were NFTs? An understandable internet fad, and the next one is just around the corner | Joel Golby
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2023 09:30:00 GMT
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We only loved non-fungible tokens a now all but worthless a during a pandemic peak of online loneliness. What will the next craze look like?

With last weekas report that 95% of them are now worthless, I think itas just about safe to say that the NFT moment is finally over. Phew. There really was a six-week period at the start of last year when I thought I was going to have to attach my digital soul for ever to a really bad picture of a monkey with a tentacle coming out of its nose and mouth. I kept practising saying, aNo, itas actually quite cool! Itas good. And it only cost me about as much as a car!a in the mirror a lot, with a ghoulish rictus grin.

NFT, as was probably explained to you hundreds of times in the period from January 2021 to about May 2022, stands for anon-fungible tokena, and essentially means that you can buy a code that says you own a digital asset, which is then stored on the blockchain, a sort of centralised public transaction ledger. There was a lot of hyped future uses for this technology, but for the most part it was used to buy jpegs of monkeys, or maybe sometimes a lion.

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I have 30 yearsa experience as a prison officer and feel the fear every single day
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2023 16:00:02 GMT
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Prisoners are bigger due to steroids. Spice turns inmates into zombies. And with social media they might know where we live

Working in a prison is like going through a meat grinder. You come out at the end of a shift with your head feeling completely mashed. One of the first incidents I remember is a prisoner sitting in his cell cutting his arm because he wanted me to get him a cigarette. He knew exactly what to do without putting his life at risk.

Things in prisons have changed a lot since then. Prisoners are much bigger than they were 30 years ago due to use of steroids inside. And they are more likely to be in gangs.

In the UK and Ireland, Samaritans can be contacted on freephone 116 123, or email jo@samaritans.org or jo@samaritans.ie. In the US, you can call or text the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline on 988, chat on 988lifeline.org, or text HOME to 741741 to connect with a crisis counselor. In Australia, the crisis support service Lifeline is 13 11 14. Other international helplines can be found at befrienders.org

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The hell of compliments a and why I gave them up | Anita Chaudhuri
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2023 10:00:01 GMT
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One in five of us are reluctant to make flattering remarks. After an awkward moment with a stranger, I am among them

Had I read the findings of a new survey about peopleas reluctance to give compliments before last week, I might have despaired of my fellow humans. One in five of us, apparently, fear bestowing compliments, particularly concerning a personas looks, dress sense or work achievements.

What have we come to that we are scared to brighten someone elseas day with our admiration? But, like I said, that was before. As in, before the other day when I had the unedifying experience of having a compliment to a stranger backfire on me.

Anita Chaudhuri is a freelance journalist

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Lillard joining Antetokounmpo at Bucks in blockbuster trade, say reports
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2023 19:00:58 GMT
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  • Seven-time All-Star requested trade from Portland in July
  • ESPN say Phoenix Suns also involved in trade

The Milwaukee Bucks look like they will have a formidable duo at their disposal with reports they have acquired seven-time All-Star Damian Lillard to play alongside two-time NBA MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo.

ESPNas Adrian Wojnarowski reports that the Portland Timbers will receive Milwaukeeas 2029 unprotected first-round draft pick, and unprotected Bucks swap rights in 2028 and 2030 as well as Jrue Holiday, Deandre Ayton and Toumani Camara. The Phoenix Suns are also part of the deal and will receive Jusuf Nurkic, Grayson Allen, Nassir Little and Keon Johnson.

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Newcastle United v Manchester City: Carabao Cup third round a live
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2023 20:05:57 GMT
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  • All the latest from St Jamesa Park, 8pm BST kick-off
  • Follow all the third-round ties on our live scores page

1 min Peep peep! City kick off from left to right as we watch. Looks like their shape is 4-3-3 with Grealish and Bobb playing wide.

aNever mind mouth-moistening ties, Rob!a weeps Justin Kavanagh. aThe very first one on your list has just induced dreadful flashbacks to the 1977 League Cup final between Villa and Everton, that went on forever (well three games). As a young footie fan, I suffered through all these on the telly and (I think) one on the radio. And if memory serves, the ref even called the two captains together at one point to remind them to, you know, play a bit as the country was watching on. My mouth has now gone dry just thinking about it. By the end of it all, I couldnat even care who won or lost. I was a soccer cynic. The horror. The horror.a

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Walking riddle Brooks Koepka brings much-needed edge to Ryder Cup | Jonathan Liew
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2023 18:17:14 GMT
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While far from universally loved, the American is a guaranteed attention-grabber in a sport which finds itself in turmoil

Brooks Koepka doesnat like you. Perhaps Brooks Koepka doesnat strictly know you yet, but for a man of Koepkaas unbendable principles this point would be a mere formality. Perhaps at this early stage of your enmity it is more correct to say he disapproves of you. You are the autograph hunter hassling him after practice. You are the person who left the irritating comment on Instagram. You are the driver who cut him up on I-95. Maybe not you specifically, but someone like you. And letas be real, it probably will be you one day. Best give him a wide berth just to be safe.

You donat even need to interact directly with Koepka to get on his wrong side. Earlier this year he was at a Florida Panthers ice hockey game when he became exasperated at one of the home teamas defenders. aEkblad, you suck!a Koepka shouted from the stands in a video that was lighting up the internet within minutes. aFucking traffic cone!a

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Jets sign Siemian as backup after Kaepernick offers to join struggling team
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2023 01:15:30 GMT
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  • Starting QB Zach Wilson has struggled badly for New York
  • Colin Kaepernick offers to help team through bad patch

The New York Jets signed veteran quarterback Trevor Siemian to the practice squad Tuesday, giving them an experienced, if unspectacular, backup to embattled starter Zach Wilson. As the team announced the news, it emerged that Colin Kaepernick had written a letter asking to be part of the team.

The Jets announced the move for Siemian after the 31-year-old passed a physical at the Jetsa practice facility. Wilson has struggled badly since taking over for Aaron Rodgers, who tore his left achilles tendon four snaps into his debut with New York.

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Remembering the Philadelphia aPatheticsa, the worst baseball team in history
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2023 09:00:53 GMT
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The Oakland Aas are closing in on 110 losses this season. But when the franchise was on the east coast they made defeat an art form

Itas been a demoralizing season for fans of the Oakland Athletics. The team announced its intention to leave for Las Vegas, and on the field, the Aas are wrapping up a historically bad year, playing barely over .300.

But this isnat the worst Aas team in history. More than a century ago, playing nearly 3,000 miles away, the Philadelphia Athletics had not only the worst record in franchise history, but the worst record of any Major League Baseball team in the modern era.

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Austria Salzburg refuse to play second fiddle to Red Bull 18 years after split
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2023 14:43:18 GMT
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Breakaway clubas fans have never forgiven Red Bull for their treatment and vented their feelings in the Austrian Cup

Before kick-off at the MGG Arena, south of Salzburg, a banner went up among the fans in violet and white. In block white capitals, it read: aFor you only success and money count, you characterless bull-swines!a As the smoke rising from the flares behind the home goal made the stands look like a cauldron, a deafening chorus of anti-Red Bull chants echoed around the ground. Austria Salzburg fansa pre-match tifo showed Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, the cityas most famous son, decked out in violet and white, bringing his instrument crashing down on the head of a bloated red bull. Underneath it, supporters displayed another banner, which read: aIn Salzburg, we play first violin.a

Austria Salzburg fansa animosity towards Red Bull can be traced back 18 years to the companyas takeover at the Stadion Wals-Siezenheim, now known as the Red Bull Arena, after which disillusioned supporters broke away and set up a phoenix club, which on Tuesday met Red Bull Salzburg for the first time. The origins of the feud made it hard not to view this as a clash between corporate power and fan power, cash and community, and two fundamentally different visions of the game.

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aItas fertile grounda: far right tries to muscle in on Franceas World Cup | RaphaA<
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2023 18:29:21 GMT
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Rugbyas spot in the limelight at a home World Cup comes with divisive attention from all sides of the political spectrum

Even when heas not playing, all eyes are on Antoine Dupont. With the France captain seemingly closing in on a freakishly rapid return to action after fracturing his cheekbone, the hostsa hopes for World Cup glory on home soil appear to be back on track. Les Bleusa star player has inevitably been the face of the competition, his growing renown attracting media attention from all sectors a some of it, though, has been very much unwelcome.

After the opening-night win over New Zealand, the far-right weekly magazine Valeurs Actuelles a which notably backed Aric Zemmouras presidential bid last year a ran a rugby-focused issue: aLa France Rugbya. The front page featured Dupont and actor Jean Dujardin, who starred in the opening ceremony, and read: aWell-behaved supporters, patriot players, exemplary values: the recipe for a well-rooted sport thatas a model to society.a

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Dutch club won neutralsa hearts with 2019 European run but a series of events has led to poor results and fan rage boiling over

It all started with a photograph of the private parts of a former player. No, this is not a piece about dressing-room ahumoura. This is the story of the demise of Ajax, who in 2019 were seconds from the Champions League final and now sit 14th in the Eredivisie after the game at home against Feyenoord on Sunday was abandoned amid crowd trouble with the team 3-0 down.

The goal scored by Tottenhamas Lucas Moura in the last minute of injury time on 8 May 2019 shattered Ajaxas Champions League final dream then but there could be no doubting the Dutch club had overachieved. For a team from a league snubbed by oil sheikhs and big investors, and where TV money is a relative pittance, it was still a memorable evening and an unforgettable season.

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State of Nature report paints bleak picture of wildlife in UK but says conservation methods are yielding results

One in six species is at risk of being lost in Great Britain, according to a comprehensive analysis by leading wildlife scientists.

Bird species had the most worrying results in the report, with 43% at risk of extinction, but other much loved species such as turtle dove, hazel dormouse, ladyas slipper orchid and european eel also now face an uncertain future. The report argues that this is largely a result of human activities such as causing habitat loss, accelerating diseases such as avian flu via factory farming, and burning fossil fuels, which has altered the climate.

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For decades the plundering of protected species went unchallenged, but new efforts are being made to halt traffickers across Latin America and the Caribbean

The taskforce sets off from a military base on Colombiaas main river at 2am. The operation has all the hallmarks of a drug raid a it is led by armed police and naval officers and is the culmination of two years of intelligence-gathering in the capital, BogotA!. To avoid tipoffs, only a few of them know who the suspects are.

Todayas contraband, however, is not white powder but the spectacled caiman a the smaller, bulbous-eyed relative of the alligator that is endemic to the wetlands and rivers of South America.

Hoping to catch the suspects while they are still at home, the police navigate a boat down the Magdalena River in total darkness, except for the green hues of fireflies.

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Claimants say European countries are breaching their human rights by failing to take adequate action to tackle global heating

An 11-year-old girl from Portugal sat inside the grand chamber of the European court of human rights on Wednesday to face 86 lawyers from 32 nations in the worldas largest climate legal action.

Mariana Agostinho was alongside her brother and sister, and her cousins, two rows back from 17 human rights judges.

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aWe can wina: New Orleans clergy abuse survivor secures settlement
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2023 13:00:05 GMT
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Settlement closes books on case that produced criminal conviction a and allegations of attempted hush money coverup

The estate of a wealthy Catholic deacon who admitted molesting a child and then died earlier this year has now paid his victim after he had previously tried to back out of a $1m agreement to settle a contentious lawsuit between them.

It is believed to be one of the largest individual sexual abuse settlements ever paid in a case involving a cleric who served in the archdiocese of New Orleans during the organizationas decades-old sexual molestation crisis, though the crime to which the deacon pleaded guilty occurred before his ordination.

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Ohio supreme court battle over six-week abortion ban begins
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2023 09:00:54 GMT
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Ruling in key case could throw November vote on whether to enshrine abortion rights in Ohio constitution into chaos

Abortion rights supporters and foes will square off in the Ohio supreme court on Wednesday over whether the state should be allowed to ban abortion as early as six weeks into pregnancy, before many people even know they are pregnant.

Arguments in the case arrive just weeks before Ohio will become the only state in the United States to vote directly on abortion in 2023. On 7 November, voters will have the chance to decide whether to enshrine abortion rights in the stateas constitution. If the Ohio supreme court rules to reinstate the stateas six-week ban, which is currently paused, it could throw the election a and abortion providers across the midwest a into chaos.

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Las Vegas hospitality workers vote to authorize strike
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2023 14:52:42 GMT
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Two sides still afar aparta after months of negotiations with the largest three gaming companies in Las Vegas

Hospitality workers in Las Vegas have voted to authorize a strike if their union does not reach a contract deal with dozens of hotels on the Las Vegas strip.

Thousands of workers attended the strike vote on Tuesday at the Thomas & Mack Center on the University of Nevada a Las Vegas (UNLV) campus. The union slogan headlining the event was: aOne job should be enough.a

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Joe Bidenas dog Commander bites another US Secret Service staffer
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2023 10:41:41 GMT
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Uniformed officer treated by medics after being bitten by presidentas German shepherd at White House

Joe Bidenas dog Commander has bitten another US Secret Service employee, the agency said.

A uniformed division officer was bitten by the presidentas German shepherd at about 8pm on Monday at the White House, and was treated on-site by medical personnel, said the Secret Serviceas chief of communications, Anthony Guglielmi.

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Senate finds breakthrough on funding as government shutdown looms
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2023 01:04:45 GMT
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Stopgap deal reached Tuesday is a big step forward, but hard-right House Republicans show little sign of relenting on budget

The Senate took a significant step to extend government funding beyond the end of the month, with just days left to avoid a shutdown that could force millions of federal employees to go without pay.

In a vote of 77 to 19, the Senate advanced a shell bill that will become a stopgap measure to fund the government through 17 November while directing roughly $6bn toward Ukraineas war efforts and another $6bn toward disaster relief.

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Writers Guild of America said its members could return to work while a ratification vote takes place for fresh three-year contract

Hollywood writers are officially ending their five-month strike, after union leaders approved an agreement made with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers and sent the full details of the new contract to union members for ratification.

The Writers Guild of America (WGA) said in a statement on Tuesday evening that writers would be free to work starting after midnight local time, while a ratification vote takes place on a new three-year contract with Hollywood studios that won concessions on writersa payment, terms with streaming shows, and the use of artificial intelligence.

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Judge refuses to dismiss a lawsuit accusing former US president of illegally inflating assets and net worth, as his lawyers say theyall appeal

Donald Trump committed fraud for years while building the real estate empire that catapulted him to fame and the White House, a New York judge ruled on Tuesday in a strongly worded rejection of the former presidentas bid to throw out a civil lawsuit against him.

Judge Arthur Engoron found that Trump and executives from his company, including his sons Eric and Donald Jr, routinely and repeatedly deceived banks, insurers and others by massively overvaluing assets and exaggerating his net worth on paperwork.

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X/Twitter scraps feature letting users report misleading information
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2023 03:34:29 GMT
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Critics say decision by Elon Musk-owned company is aextremely concerninga ahead of Australiaas Indigenous voice to parliament referendum

X, the company formerly known as Twitter, has removed the ability for people to report a tweet for containing misleading information just weeks before a referendum on an Indigenous voice to parliament in Australia.

Since 2021, users on X in countries including the US, Australia and South Korea had been able to flag tweets that they believed contained misleading information for review by staff at the company a separate to other processes the company has in place to report abuse or hate speech.

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Palestinian negotiators sceptical over potential Israel-Saudi deal
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2023 16:10:03 GMT
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Despite outward positivity, sources say normalisation deal unlikely to happen any time soon

A potential normalisation deal between Israel and Saudi Arabia is being treated with scepticism by Palestinian negotiators, despite outwardly positive signals from Palestinian officials, several sources with knowledge of the talks have said.

Unofficial relations between Israel and Saudi Arabia have been growing for years, and the possibility of a formal diplomatic agreement has come to the fore after the two countries, along with the US, signalled progress on the matter during the UN general assembly in New York last week.

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Exclusive: POA says corrupt officers are then used for sole purpose of smuggling in drugs and phones

Organised crime groups are sending associates to train as prison officers with the asole purposea of smuggling drugs and phones into jail, the Prison Officersa Association has warned.

The POA, the union representing prison workers, blamed low pay and said online interviews were also contributing to the prison service ahiring the wrong peoplea.

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Former state minister of Nagorno-Karabakh arrested by Azerbaijan
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2023 14:35:52 GMT
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Ruben Vardanyan detained as he tried to cross into Armenia in first high-profile arrest since Azerbaijani offensive

Azerbaijan has detained a former leader of the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh government in its first high profile arrest since launching a lightning offensive last week that it said would lead to a areintegrationa of the territory into Azerbaijan.

Ruben Vardanyan, a wealthy businessman who had served as the state minister of the Nagorno-Karabakh republic, was detained as he tried to cross the border into Armenia on Wednesday morning, as one of more than 50,000 Armenians who have fled the region to avoid incoming Azerbaijani control.

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Dress codes should not be imposed on women, spokesperson says, after Paris Games ban affecting French athletes

The UN has weighed in on Franceas debate about secularism and womenas clothing, saying women should not be forced to abide by dress codes, after the French government said athletes representing France would be barred from wearing headscarves during the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.

aNo one should impose on a woman what she needs to wear, or not wear,a Marta Hurtado, a spokesperson for the UNas human rights office, said on Tuesday after she was asked whether the ban met the UNas criteria on human rights.

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French equality watchdog finds 90% of online pornography abuses women
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2023 17:02:24 GMT
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Report urges changes in the law to make it easier to take down content and prosecute its makers

As much as 90% of pornographic content online features verbal, physical and sexual violence towards women, and a significant amount of violence shown is punishable under existing laws in France, a report by the government-nominated equality watchdog has found.

Franceas high council for equality between women and men on Wednesday handed the government a damning report on illegal porn-industry practices, urging changes to the law to prosecute makers of pornography and to take down content in order to protect those who have been filmed.

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